Camelot’s End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party Audiobook (Free)

From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy’s 1980 campaign for chief executive against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told completely for the first time.

The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning to resurrect former glory, turned to Kennedy. And so, 1980 became a civil battle. It was the final time an American chief executive received a serious reelection challenge from inside his personal party, the about Camelot’s End: Kennedy vs. Carter as well as the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party last contested convention, and the last all-out flooring fight, where political combatants fought instantly to decide who end up being the nominee. It was the final gasp of an outdated program, an insider’s game that outdated Kennedy hands thought they had mastered, and the entire year that proclaimed the unraveling of the Democratic Party as America got known it.

Camelot’s End information the incredible play of Kennedy’s challenge — what led to it, how it unfolded, and its own lasting effects — with cinematic sweep. It really is a story about what happened towards the Democratic Party when the country’s long string of successes, fortune, and global dominance pursuing World Battle II went its course, and how, on a goal to capture the magic of JFK, Democrats plunged themselves into an intra-party civil war.

And, at its center, Camelot’s End is the story of two extraordinary and deeply flawed males: Teddy Kennedy, one of the nation’s best lawmakers, a guy of defects and of great personality; and Jimmy Carter, a politically tenacious but frequently underestimated trailblazer. Comprehensive and nuanced, featuring fresh interviews with major party market leaders and behind-the-scenes revelations from the time, Camelot’s End presents both Kennedy and Carter in a fresh light, and requires readers deep in the dark section in American political history.